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Man arrested after wife reports being pepper-sprayed, pistol-whipped, choked before garage is set on fire

Beating started when wife questioned credit card bill

A woman told police her husband hit her with a drill, pistol-whipped her, pepper-sprayed and choked her until she passed out before setting the garage of their Westside home on fire Saturday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Khen Song Tang, 53, was charged with arson and aggravated domestic battery with a deadly weapon, according to his arrest report.

Tang’s wife questioned him about a credit card bill while he changed the lock on his bedroom door in their home in the 1800 block of Lane Avenue.

According to the arrest report, Tang began striking his wife’s face and the back of her head with the drill and drill bit. She fled the room, but he followed and sprayed her with pepper spray, police said. The attack continued into the bathroom and then into the living room where he choked her until she lost consciousness, the report said.

When the victim woke up, she did not see her husband and ran out of the residence and called police.

Police arrived and found the garage fully engulfed in flames. Tang surrendered without incident.

He is currently in jail in lieu of $650,000, according to jail records.

Derek Gilliam: (904) 359-4619

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